Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

While Hikigaya was passing the time by observing humans, a figure suddenly walked in from outside the classroom.

The long black hair was draped behind her, and the space around the girl exuded a severe coldness that kept no strangers away.

Horikita Suzune came to the seat silently, and sat down directly without even looking at Hikigaya.

Hikigaya had long been accustomed to this guy's condescending attitude, so he also chose to ignore him, but he didn't expect Horikita to suddenly speak the next second.

"Hikigaya..."

Hearing the voice, Hikigaya turned his head in confusion.

It took Horikita a few seconds to realize that the other party's silence was an answer, so she continued: "How do you think I should talk to Kushida?"

"what?"

I didn't expect Horikita to suddenly say something like this. Hikigaya was stunned for a moment before he realized what the other party was referring to.

During the summer vacation, Horikita got a kettle stuck in her hand and had to seek help from Hikigaya.

During this process, Kushida accidentally bumped into the two of them and tried to inquire about the situation, but was directly driven away by Horikita, who had too high a self-esteem.

After that incident, Kushida's relationship with Horikita obviously became very strained, and even caused a certain rift between him and Hikigaya.

Horikita once said that she would find a way to resolve the matter herself.

Hikigaya then trusted the other party and handed the matter over to him.

But judging from the results, this guy really has no ability to deal with this kind of interpersonal relationship problem.

However, this guy's self-esteem is as high as ever. Even though he was distressed, he actually kept the matter to himself until the first day of school.

"Did you hear me..."

"Why don't you just go and apologize to her?"

Seeing Horikita's obvious dissatisfaction, Hikigaya spoke calmly and offered a suggestion.

"You said apologize?" Horikita's face showed obvious confusion, "Why should I apologize to her?"

"Huh? Don't you think you should apologize?"

"I was not wrong at all in that matter!"

"I understand why you can't solve the problem. With your attitude, you will never be able to reconcile with Kushida in this lifetime."

Hikigaya criticized Horikita with merciless words.

However, Horikita Suzune herself still acted quite unconvinced.

She obviously still didn't think she had done anything wrong, and didn't think she needed to apologize.

Seeing how stubborn she was, Hikigaya felt a little sympathetic and couldn't help but ask, "So how do you think you're going to tell Kushida? Tell her about your hand being stuck in the kettle?"

"That's impossible!"

"Then what do you think you can do? You don't want to apologize? You can't tell the truth? Do you think other people in this world can be so tolerant as to tolerate your willfulness?"

"..."

Horikita was obviously hit hard by Hikigaya.

She actually knew that her ideas were problematic, but her self-esteem always prevented her from making the right choice.

Under this blow, the black-haired girl unconsciously fell silent.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Hikigaya stopped attacking her.

After all, he knew very well that Horikita Suzune had certain limits, and in order to overcome these limits, there were some problems that she had to overcome herself.

So he turned away silently.

Time passed gradually, and Hikigaya could feel Horikita's gaze on her back. She wanted to say something, but swallowed her words back.

Hikigaya did not offer any help in this regard, nor did he bother to care about it at all.

After all, he had long realized that there are indeed barriers between people.

Humans are incapable of truly understanding each other.

He would never make the mistake of having unwarranted expectations, of imposing his ideals on the other person, of thinking he understood her, and then being disappointed in her in the end - he would never make such a mistake again.

Therefore, whether or not Horikita Suzune can overcome the difficulties has nothing to do with Hikigaya, but is a problem that Horikita herself needs to face.

In a sense, this is also a proposition that the other party must rack their brains to get the answer.

……

The first day of school was as boring as ever.

Hikigaya forced himself to stay awake and avoid fainting in the ocean of symbols and numbers.

During the class meeting in the afternoon, Chabashira Sae, the head teacher of Class D, suddenly delivered a surprising news.

"Classes will resume from today, but during the one-month period from September to early October in the second semester, there will be an additional physical education class to prepare for the sports festival. In addition, information about the sports festival will be distributed along with the class schedule. Please pass the information to the students at the front of the line."

When they heard that the sports festival was about to begin, many students couldn't help but scream.

Although some students are looking forward to this event, if the event is mainly based on sports, there will still be many students who can't help but feel disgusted, especially many girls.

"Teacher, is this also one of the special exams?" Hirata, as the class representative, asked the question after raising his hand.

"It's up to you to interpret it however you want, but no matter what, the result of this exam will have a huge impact on each class."

Chabashira-sensei said this, giving an ambiguous answer that was neither affirmative nor negative.

Students who were not good at sports screamed.

If this were an ordinary school, students could be inattentive or skip classes as they pleased, but because it is an activity that determines the fate of the class, they cannot escape it even if they are not good at it.

"Great."

In contrast, a small number of students, such as Sudo, have absolute confidence in sports, and they are enthusiastic as if to say that the opportunity is now.

This can also be said to be the first exam where I can contribute to the class through things other than my brain.

Chabashira Sae continued, "Someone has already seen the information and found out that this time the sports festival will use a competition format that divides all grades into two groups. Class D of the first grade will be assigned to the Red Group, and Class A will also compete as the Red Group. In other words, during the sports festival, Class A will be your partner."

"real or fake?"

The students in Class D did not expect that Class A and Class D would form an alliance, nor did they expect that the three grades would be divided into two groups. No one could imagine how the exam would proceed under such circumstances.

And the current Class A is the former Class B led by Ichinose.

Such powerful teammates may be able to give Class D a huge boost in this exam, allowing Class D to achieve the miracle of a comeback!

Chapter 424: Hikigaya must start exercising from now on!

"Another exam."

This school is really merciless and is unwilling to give us even a little free time.

Hikigaya couldn't help but feel mixed emotions when faced with Chabashira Sae's explanation of the sports festival.

Unlike ordinary students, he doesn't care about winning or losing in the exam, nor does he care about the difficulty of the exam. To him, the exam itself is a very terrible and vicious event.

Moreover, unlike the previous collective exams where students could slack off, exams like the sports festival almost explicitly required every student in the class to contribute.

This meant that Hikigaya might have to participate in some competitive events, which was really hard for him to accept.

At this moment, Hikigaya discovered that Horikita Suzune behind him had the same difficult look on her face as himself.

At first, he thought that the other party was worried about the difficulty of the exam. After all, Horikita herself has always hated teamwork projects, and the sports festival must include relay races, tug-of-war and other group operations, which might make the other party feel a little at a loss.

But Hikigaya soon discovered that what Horikita cared about was not the exam itself, as the teacher said, but something else.

Thinking back to what Chabashira Saeda's homeroom teacher had just said, a guess could not help but arise in his mind.

"You're not concerned about the three-grade cooperation, are you? Are you worried about becoming a rival with your brother?"

“No…no such thing!”

Hikigaya's overly direct words caused a reaction from Horikita. This girl's angry attitude almost completely confirmed that she cared about this matter. It was really too easy to understand.

Of course, as a price to pay, Horikita's dissatisfaction with him also increased significantly, and she glared at him.

The fountain pen with a glowing tip in her hand was also creepy.

Hey, you're not going to stab me with something, are you?

"First, please read the information I sent you. It describes the different results of the sports festival. I don't intend to explain it multiple times. Please listen carefully at once."

As Hikigaya was twisting his body in fear of retaliation, Chabashira Sae's words interrupted the attack and defense between him and Horikita.

The other party handed over several sheets of information with the rules of the sports festival written on them. Hikigaya glanced at them casually and found that the rules and divisions of the sports festival were clearly written on them.

First of all, the sports festival was held in a way that the whole grade was divided into two groups, red and white. The groups consisted of the red group [Class A, Class D] and the white group [Class B, Class C].

On the basis of the above, each class will be required to participate in sports competitions.

There are two types of competitions: full participation events and recommended participation events.

According to the results of the full-participation project, the school will give 15 points to the group of the first-place student, 12 points to the group of the second-place student, 10 points to the group of the third-place student, and 8 points to the group of the fourth-place student. The groups below the fifth place will each be deducted one point.

According to the results of the recommended events, the school will give 50 points to the team of the first-place student, 30 points to the team of the second-place student, 15 points to the team of the third-place student, and 10 points to the team of the fourth-place student. The teams below the fifth place will be deducted two points respectively (the final relay race will be awarded triple the points).

Based on the final score, the losing class in the red-white confrontation will have 100 class points deducted from their total points.

In addition, the ranking of individuals in the class will also affect the final score.

The class that ranks first in the grade in terms of comprehensive score will be awarded 50 points.

For the class that ranks second in the grade in terms of comprehensive score, the class points will not change.

The class that ranks third in the grade in terms of comprehensive score will have fifty points deducted from its class score.

The class that ranks fourth in the grade in terms of comprehensive score will have one hundred points deducted from its class score.

"This school has finally become shameless by coming up with a rule like this."

After reading the above rules, Hikigaya almost couldn't help but utter the national curse.

Students in the class soon discovered the problem and exclaimed in surprise.

"Why are the test results mostly filled with deductions?"

"Apart from being first in the grade, there are no extra points?"

"How can I have the motivation to participate in the competition if I'm doing this?"

"It's simple. The exam is designed this way so that you must not let your guard down and give your all." Chabashira Sae ignored him. "Because the punishment for the losing team will definitely be severe, you must start working hard to avoid losing more points."

Chabashira Sae spoke the cruel truth with cold words.

"Uh, is this true? This is totally useless."

Class D immediately burst into wailing.

This is only natural. Until now, huge risks have always been accompanied by immeasurable rewards, but this sports festival has completely failed to find any of these.

"Anyway, please be sure to pay attention after reading the rules. The school will also calculate the class-level scores for this sports festival. Even if Class A performs outstandingly and actively, and your Red Team wins, if Class D ranks last in the overall score, it will still be penalized by deducting 100 points."

In other words, even if the group wins easily, it will not only not make a profit, but may even suffer a loss.

The students in Class D are already wishing that all of them would put on masks of pain.

After all, the above rules almost make victory extremely harsh. If only Class A is active and Class D fails, points will be deducted. If Class D is active and Class A fails, points will also be deducted.

Even if both first-grade classes work hard enough, classes in other grades may still lose points if they do not do well enough.

If the group loses and ranks fourth in the grade's overall score, a total of 200 points will be deducted as a penalty.

Class D currently only has 137 points in total. If they lose, they will be back to the same miserable situation as at the beginning of the school year.

With such heavy emotions, the students began to study the subsequent rules and found that in addition to class points, there were also changes in personal points in this exam.

Remuneration for individual competitions:

The school will give 5,000 individual points to the student who wins first place in the individual competition, or a score equivalent to three points in the written test (if you choose a score, it cannot be given to others) (can be used for the next midterm exam).

The school will award 3,000 individual points to the student who comes in second in the individual competition, or the equivalent of two points in the written test.

The school will award 1,000 individual points to the student who comes in third in the individual competition, or the equivalent of one point in the written test.

The student who comes last in the individual competition will have one thousand personal points deducted. If the points held are less than one thousand, one point will be deducted from the written test.